The Oswegonian's editor-in-chief, Aimee Hirsch, has not responded to a request for comment. Hirsch is a junior journalism major with English and zoology minors from Peekskill. This is her third year with The Oswegonian and first year as editor-in-chief, according to her biography on the newspaper's website.

The Oswegonian is a weekly print paper. An online retraction was published Feb. 17.